Transhumanism

TagLast edit: Oct 3, 2020, 2:37 AM by Ruby

Transhumanism is the belief or movement in favour of human enhancement, especially beyond current human limitations and with advanced technology such as AI, cognitive enhancement, and life extension.

References

Transhumanism as Simplified Humanism by Eliezer Yudkowsky
A TED talk by transhumanist Nick Bostrom on humanity’s biggest problems
The Transhumanist FAQ (PDF) by Nick Bostrom (HTML version)
Transhumanist Values by Nick Bostrom
A History of Transhumanist Thought (PDF) by Nick Bostrom
Seven Definitions of Transhumanism by Michael Anissimov
PostHuman: An Introduction to Transhumanism (video)

External links

H+Pedia, the transhumanist wiki

“Far Coordination”

DragonGodNov 23, 2022, 5:14 PM

6 points

17 comments9 min readLW link

Why I no longer identify as transhumanist

Kaj_SotalaFeb 3, 2024, 12:00 PM

55 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Good transhumanist fiction?

NancyLebovitzOct 13, 2012, 2:47 PM

13 points

68 comments1 min readLW link

Confessions of a Transhumanist: On Life in Known Space

SlimepriestessApr 6, 2020, 9:59 AM

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Transhumanism and Gender Relations

daenerysNov 11, 2011, 1:48 AM

11 points

118 comments2 min readLW link

[video] “Transhuman”, featuring Sandberg and Bostrom

PabloJun 16, 2013, 6:59 PM

8 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

BCIs and the ecosystem of modular minds

berenJul 21, 2023, 3:58 PM

88 points

14 comments11 min readLW link

For The People Who Are Still Alive

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 14, 2008, 5:13 PM

45 points

72 comments4 min readLW link

[Video Link] PostHuman: An Introduction to Transhumanism

Joshua_BlaineNov 15, 2013, 2:04 AM

4 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Transhumanist Fables

Scott AlexanderMay 28, 2013, 1:55 AM

129 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Transhumanism and the denotation-connotation gap

PhilGoetzAug 18, 2010, 3:33 PM

25 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

A Transhumanist Poem

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 5, 2011, 9:16 AM

22 points

50 comments1 min readLW link

Rescuing the Extropy Magazine archives

Deku-shrubJul 1, 2017, 2:25 PM

35 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

New paper: Long-Term Trajectories of Human Civilization

Kaj_SotalaAug 12, 2018, 9:10 AM

33 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

The first future and the best future

KatjaGraceApr 25, 2024, 6:40 AM

106 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A path to human autonomy

Nathan Helm-BurgerOct 29, 2024, 3:02 AM

53 points

16 comments20 min readLW link

The biological intelligence explosion

Rob LucasJul 25, 2021, 1:08 PM

8 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

How to Seem (and Be) Deep

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 6:13 PM

118 points

122 comments4 min readLW link

Transhumanism as Simplified Humanism

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 5, 2018, 8:12 PM

178 points

34 comments5 min readLW link

Transhumanists Don’t Need Special Dispositions

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 7, 2018, 10:24 PM

96 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

The Growth of My Pessimism: Transhumanism, Immortalism, Effective Altruism.

diegocaleiroNov 28, 2015, 11:07 AM

15 points

74 comments9 min readLW link

The basic argument for the feasibility of transhumanism

ChrisHallquistOct 14, 2012, 8:04 AM

9 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

Transhumanism and assisted suicide

SeventhNadirOct 31, 2010, 8:48 AM

7 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Disability Culture Meets the Transhumanist Condition

RubixOct 28, 2011, 7:02 PM

39 points

150 comments3 min readLW link

Guardians of the Gene Pool

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 16, 2007, 8:08 PM

41 points

73 comments1 min readLW link

Bloggingheads: Yudkowsky and Horgan

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 7, 2008, 10:09 PM

7 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

Genetically Modified Humans Born (Allegedly)

ryan_bNov 28, 2018, 4:14 PM

29 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Characterising utopia

Richard_NgoJan 2, 2020, 12:00 AM

40 points

5 comments22 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Amputation of Destiny

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 29, 2008, 6:00 PM

45 points

67 comments8 min readLW link

Memes and Rational Decisions

inferentialJan 9, 2015, 6:42 AM

35 points

18 comments10 min readLW link

Do not miss the cutoff for immortality! There is a probability that you will live forever as an immortal superintelligent being and you can increase your odds by convincing others to make achieving the technological singularity as quickly and safely as possible the collective goal/project of all of humanity, Similar to “Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant.”

Oliver--KlozoffJun 29, 2023, 3:45 AM

1 point

0 comments28 min readLW link

Brainstorming new senses

lululuMay 20, 2015, 7:53 PM

42 points

92 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Refuting common objections to cognitive enhancement

grouchymusicologistFeb 7, 2012, 4:52 PM

32 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

An Introduction to Me

AlithyInfinityAug 24, 2023, 4:45 PM

0 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Touching the Old

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 20, 2008, 9:19 AM

17 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

Cascio in The Atlantic, more on cognitive enhancement as existential risk mitigation

RokoJun 18, 2009, 3:09 PM

23 points

92 comments3 min readLW link

How best to show dying is bad

ZviMar 8, 2011, 3:18 PM

25 points

73 comments2 min readLW link

Suffering-Focused Ethics in the Infinite Universe. How can we redeem ourselves if Multiverse Immortality is real and subjective death is impossible.

Szymon KucharskiFeb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM

−2 points

4 comments70 min readLW link

Will Martian G be enough to make healthy baseline babies?

Randomized, ControlledMar 9, 2021, 3:30 AM

4 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Wireheading Done Right: Stay Positive Without Going Insane

9eB1Nov 22, 2016, 3:16 AM

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(qualiacomputing.com)

The Neuralink Monkey Demo

XelaPMay 3, 2021, 2:29 AM

19 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Neo-Mohism

Bae's TheoremJun 16, 2021, 9:57 PM

5 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

Resurrecting all humans ever lived as a technical problem

RomanSOct 31, 2021, 6:08 PM

48 points

36 comments7 min readLW link

Technological Resurrection: Two Possible Approaches

Alex PolischukMar 14, 2022, 5:53 PM

−3 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Brain preservation to prevent involuntary death: a possible cause area

Andy_McKenzieMar 22, 2022, 12:36 PM

39 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

Notes on Robert McIntyre’s Brain Preservation Talk at the Long Now Foundation

JohnGreerApr 28, 2021, 8:47 PM

14 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Interview with Nectome CEO Robert McIntyre—Brain Preservation, Personal Identity, AGI, and More

JohnGreerFeb 23, 2022, 1:54 AM

20 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

My Transhuman Dream

Johannes C. MayerApr 5, 2022, 3:44 PM

8 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[untitled post]

superads91Apr 30, 2022, 1:01 PM

0 points

49 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What about transhumans and beyond?

AlignmentMirrorJul 2, 2022, 1:58 PM

7 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Unbounded Intelligence Lottery

kmanJul 7, 2022, 11:28 PM

4 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Complexity No Bar to AI (Or, why Computational Complexity matters less than you think for real life problems)

Noosphere89Aug 7, 2022, 7:55 PM

17 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever? From Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell

Noosphere89Aug 19, 2022, 7:32 PM

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Have you considered getting rid of death?

WillaAug 29, 2022, 1:31 AM

20 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(immortalityisgreat.substack.com)

Transhumanism, genetic engineering, and the biological basis of intelligence.

fowlertmSep 14, 2022, 3:55 PM

41 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

On the proper piloting of flesh shoots

Mordecai WeynbergOct 11, 2022, 6:52 PM

−4 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Creating superintelligence without AGI

AntbOct 17, 2022, 7:01 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Superintelligent AI is necessary for an amazing future, but far from sufficient

So8resOct 31, 2022, 9:16 PM

132 points

48 comments34 min readLW link

Any person/mind should have the right to suicide

askofaJan 12, 2023, 12:32 AM

14 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Building a transhumanist future: 15 years of hplusroadmap, now Discord

kanzureJan 17, 2023, 9:17 PM

42 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Research Direction: Be the AGI you want to see in the world

scottviteri, sudo and Lauro Langosco

Feb 5, 2023, 7:15 AM

44 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Reflecting on the transhumanist rebuttal to AI existential risk and critique of our debate methodologies and misuse of statistics

catgirlsruletheworldAug 20, 2024, 1:59 AM

−5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

How to survive in an AGI cataclysm

RomanSFeb 23, 2023, 2:34 PM

−4 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Extropy magazine review

Peter lawless Dec 27, 2023, 6:37 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Leif Wenar’s The Deaths of Effective Altruism

ArdenMar 27, 2024, 7:17 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

Rational Effective Utopia & Narrow Way There: Multiversal AI Alignment, Place AI, New Ethicophysics… (Updated)

ankFeb 11, 2025, 3:21 AM

13 points

8 comments35 min readLW link

Introducing Avatarism: A Rational Framework for Building actual Heaven

ratiba roDec 15, 2024, 5:17 PM

2 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Intelligence–Agency Equivalence ≈ Mass–Energy Equivalence: On Static Nature of Intelligence & Physicalization of Ethics

ankFeb 22, 2025, 12:12 AM

1 point

0 comments6 min readLW link

Musings of a Layman: Technology, AI, and the Human Condition

Crimson LiquidityJul 15, 2024, 6:40 PM

−2 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

The Rise and Stagnation of Modernity

Zero ContradictionsAug 2, 2024, 3:31 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Technology and Progress

Zero ContradictionsAug 1, 2024, 4:49 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Unaligned AGI & Brief History of Inequality

ankFeb 22, 2025, 4:26 PM

−20 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

Dario Amodei — Machines of Loving Grace

Matrice JacobineOct 11, 2024, 9:43 PM

63 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

(darioamodei.com)

The boat

RomanSNov 22, 2024, 12:56 PM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Sideloading: creating a model of a person via LLM with very large prompt

avturchin and RomanS

Nov 22, 2024, 4:41 PM

12 points

4 comments35 min readLW link

My Experience With A Magnet Implant

ValeJan 7, 2025, 3:01 AM

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(vale.rocks)

Something to fight for

RomanSMar 14, 2025, 8:27 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Straightforward Steps to Marginally Improve Odds of Whole Brain Emulation

Dom PolsinelliMar 24, 2025, 5:14 PM

8 points

20 comments6 min readLW link

12020: a fine future for these holidays

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 25, 2019, 3:01 PM

41 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

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